1983 in literature

Events

• Ironweed by William Kennedy[?] is published. In 2001, the book would be named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.

New Books

• Changes[?] - Danielle Steel
• Christine[?] - Stephen King
• Cold Heaven[?] - Anita Brian Moore[?]
• The Dark Green Tunnel[?] - Allan W. Eckert
• Hollywood Wives[?] - Jackie Collins[?]
• Ironweed - William Kennedy[?]
• The Last Warrior Queen[?] - Mary Mackey[?]
• Life and Times of Michael K[?] - J. M. Coetzee[?]
• The Little Drummmer Girl[?] - John le Carré
• The Lonesome Gods[?] - Louis L'Amour[?]
• The Mists of Avalon[?] - Marion Zimmer Bradley
• On Wings of Eagles[?] - Ken Follett
• Pet Sematary[?] - Stephen King
• Phantoms[?] - Dean R. Koontz
• The Piano Teacher[?] - Elfriede Jelinek[?]
• Poland[?] - James A. Michener
• The Robots of Dawn[?] - Isaac Asimov
• Shame - Salman Rushdie
• A Time for Judas[?] - Morley Callaghan
• White Gold Wielder: Book Three of the Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant[?] - Stephen R. Donaldson

Births

Deaths

• February 25 - Tennessee Williams, playwright
• March 3 - Herge, Belgian comics creator

Awards

• Booker Prize: J. M. Coetzee[?] -Life and Times of Michael K
• Newberry Medal for children's literature: Cynthia Voight[?], Dicey's Song
• Nobel Prize for Literature: William Golding
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Marsha Norman[?], 'Night, Mother
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: Alice Walker - The Color Purple
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Galway Kinnell[?] - Selected Poems